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Post by rapidfire187 on Aug 17, 2015 20:25:07 GMT -5
I mean, me too but...why is this even a thing? Tech N9ne in particular has been very open about this subject. He addresses it in quite a few songs. Stuff like, people calling his songs "skater music". The intro to "Industry is Punks" having the white A&R guy saying "well, y'know Tech, you're just not, uh, 'black enough' you know what I mean?". Tech N9ne...the same guy that sings "CUZ I'M A BLACK BOY" is constantly being pushed aside by black music fans as just doing "white people rap". I guess I should mention the song "B.I.T.C.H (Breaking Into Colored Houses)" that he did with T-Pain, it's excellent. So why is it "white people rap"? Because he puts effort into his creativity, lyrics, flow and message? Is it because he gets pretty dark, pretty often? The association with juggalos? Whatever it is, it's a f***ing shame that he gets dismissed by so many people while the likes of Future and Young Thug put out songs that sound like a mentally challenged person is having a stroke over a beat and make millions off of it! "Cool" people are f***ing stupid. Tech is probably the most creative rapper I've ever heard, always trying new shit out. But I think his musical output suffers for trying to reach out to the "cool" crowd too much. For every great track like "On the Bible" you get absolute garbage like "Hood Go Crazy". And on that note, I'm sure I can't be the only one who was disappointed when they discovered Tech had stereotypical "party" tracks scattered all over his albums... That stuff has a place in his catalogue though because he does it well. And Tech prepared his audience for it in plenty of songs around the time of KOD and Seepage.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Aug 17, 2015 17:47:03 GMT -5
"Not you". Simple, effective and no negative connotations.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Aug 17, 2015 15:14:21 GMT -5
A big thanks to Puffy and Bad Boy for starting that never ending style. You know when Bad Boy started doing it, it was kind of novel and different compared to what was popular at the time. Unfortunately it spiraled and No Limit got into it and well then I stopped paying attention not to long after. Idk it was more Cash Money than No Limit influencing the bling bling era though Master P, Puffy and the Williams Brothers (Birdman and Slim) at least really had something to brag about, being 8-9 figures rich Nowadays guys with not even a million $ brag about their riches From what I understand, most of those Cash Money "millionaires" don't even really get paid. They're just provided everything by the label. Is this true?
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Post by rapidfire187 on Aug 17, 2015 6:51:56 GMT -5
What are these health issues that you mentioned? Does he, by any chance suffer from grand mal seizures? PM me if that's the case, because my advice would be against board rules. Also, do you think maybe he was just being melodramatic with the morbid talk?
I'm not sure where I stand with God or if there is such a thing at all, but I'll pray for you guys.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Aug 17, 2015 6:26:51 GMT -5
Dude, same thing happened to me a couple of years back. I got fired over a misunderstanding (that's a whole other screwed up story) and then met a woman that I was really into while I was unemployed. We clicked better than any girl I had ever met before. We moved too way quickly due to this and had the most amazing sex that I have ever had (and I believe her when she says it was the same for her, it was obvious and couldn't be faked). During pillow talk afterwards, I said something like "can I keep you?" Instead of a sweet moment, I got "I broke up with my ex because he wouldn't get a job. I don't want to it to be official until you get another job." She then proceeded to not see me for 2 weeks, while talking to me like dirt and analyzing/judging me very harshly before eventually telling me she doesn't even like me anymore. I became in her opinion "just a broke, unemployed druggie" because I didn't have a job for the first time in 8 years and I liked to smoke. I've been through relationship hell several times, but nobody has ever hurt my feelings that much. She went from being sweet, funny and awesome to being the meanest bitch I've ever known very quickly.
Idk, if there's a moral to this little anecdote but maybe it's that meeting people during a bad time in your life can lead to major issues. Or maybe this kind of shit only happens to me.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Aug 17, 2015 6:03:51 GMT -5
This whole mindset is disturbing. "My penis was in you. Now that I've done that, I get final say over you dating anyone who I also know now. Your future belongs to me because you allowed me to have sex with you." Just... what? It's not that at all. It's more like "as my friend, can you please not get romantically involved with someone that I've already been there with?" Only that's a sentence that nobody has ever said, because it goes without saying. Aside from ego issues you are also putting them in a position to still have to interact with their ex or stop being friends with you. Do you really not see how that could create a problem between friends? As I posted before, I broke that "bro code" once because I thought I was in the moral right. It ended up being a mistake but I still have my homie, even if he lives 15 hours away now. Prof. Chaos, I know how you feel man. You need to talk to your friend about it first if you want to remain friends. You say he's a douche though, so maybe having her as a girlfriend would be better than having him as a friend. I certainly know how it is to have a shit head friend that you love regardless, but weigh your options. Hell, right now I live with 4 people. My cousin (more like a brother), who really is the biggest dick alive, my best friend and his girlfriend of 2 years. My best friend is a great person IMO, but one time he went through a phase of using hard drugs, and during one binge he convinced my then-girlfriend to cheat on me with another guy that he knew. I haven't had a real relationship since then, but we're past it now (even though he "keeps waiting for me to randomly break his nose"). That said, his girlfriend is a freaking hottie and is the sweetest girl I know. She openly says similar things about me. She actually told me a few days ago, "he thinks I want to suck your dick. You're hot dude, but I don't want anybody but him". Thing is...he has drunkenly cheated on her a few times. I could go and tell her about it right now and attempt to have her as my own beautiful, sweet girlfriend. He's cool enough that he would probably even understand and still be my friend. Hell, I'm convinced that he already thinks we have fooled around because of how close we are. But you know...f*** that. I'm not trying to mess with people's lives. I'll just take the long road and find my own chick while carrying the burden of truth. It hurts to see her be so naive, but she is my friend and I would never crush her with that revelation. I'll feel guilty and just hope that she doesn't hate me for not telling her if she ever does find out. Anyway, Cornfed, I think you need to realize that these things can be incredibly complex. Doing the right thing isn't always sticking your dick where you want to, sometimes the right thing is to just keep it in your pants.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Aug 17, 2015 5:10:24 GMT -5
I understand why, it's mostly racism and/or ignorance. Most mainstream rap is terrible these days IMO, but hip hop as a whole is so much more than that. Great hip hop music is way more intellectually satisfying than any other genre of music IMO. No other genre can mix such thought provoking themes with multisyllable rhyme schemes that somehow sound like natural speech. To ignore genius rap artists like, say, Nas or Kendrick Lamar and pretend that it's all Young Thug or Rich Homie Quan is just ignorance. Mainstream rap is the best argument of "rap isn't music" that exists and it's a damn shame. I work with a 17 y/o guy that makes "trap" music. To him, Future is the best emcee alive. He just shot his first video last week and posted it a couple of days ago. I shared it on my facebook page because I always support the local scene, but I caught so much grief from my friends for it. It's a truly wack song, but it's what hip hop is to so many young people today. The worst part isn't that they think that shit is awesome, it's that they think good rappers are wack! I dated a younger black girl for a few months last year and when she got in my car, she would always change my pandora station from like, Schoolboy Q or Kid Cudi to Rich Gang or 2 Chainz. Every single time, while saying things like "this shit is wack, I can't dance to this". A lot of my black friends refer to artists like Hopsin or Tech N9ne as "white people rap". It's becoming cool to embrace ignorant ass music while also rejecting anything with any intellectual value. It's a lot like how the kid that makes a 0 on a test is the coolest kid in middle school while the straight A student gets made fun of. *exhales* I feel better now. As a fan of Tech and Hopsin, I can confirm that I am in fact, white. I mean, me too but...why is this even a thing? Tech N9ne in particular has been very open about this subject. He addresses it in quite a few songs. Stuff like, people calling his songs "skater music". The intro to "Industry is Punks" having the white A&R guy saying "well, y'know Tech, you're just not, uh, 'black enough' you know what I mean?". Tech N9ne...the same guy that sings "CUZ I'M A BLACK BOY" is constantly being pushed aside by black music fans as just doing "white people rap". I guess I should mention the song "B.I.T.C.H (Breaking Into Colored Houses)" that he did with T-Pain, it's excellent. So why is it "white people rap"? Because he puts effort into his creativity, lyrics, flow and message? Is it because he gets pretty dark, pretty often? The association with juggalos? Whatever it is, it's a f***ing shame that he gets dismissed by so many people while the likes of Future and Young Thug put out songs that sound like a mentally challenged person is having a stroke over a beat and make millions off of it! "Cool" people are f***ing stupid.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Aug 17, 2015 4:45:03 GMT -5
A few years ago, I did this. 2/10 do not recommend.
One of my oldest and best friends was dating a girl that was really good to him. She basically supported him and worshipped the ground he walked on. She changed her whole way of life for him. I loved her just for being such a good girlfriend for him because he always dated these really gross girls (think 700 lbs and on disability). Plus, she kept him from mooching off of all his friends and from having to sleep on our couches for months on end. I REALLY liked them being together.
We would talk on facebook messenger sometimes, never about personal stuff though. It was always related to our current college projects/essays. Very innocent stuff. Until one day, she sent me a message telling me that they set a wedding date. The date was like a year and a half away though, and I said something like "that's really far away! I hope y'all make it that long". She acted kind of worried and asked me what I meant by that, and I explained that I wasn't implying anything other than that it was a ridiculously long way away. I guess this triggered something though because she suddenly started telling me all this terrible shit that he was doing and saying to her. Stuff like "I'm sick of hearing about your family problems" and quitting his job (first one in years) at a tattoo parlor because he was tired of working (while she had 2 jobs). I talked to her about it and did everything I could to defend him a bit, but it was next to impossible. I ended up just telling her that he might not care about her problems anymore but that if she's going through something, I'm always here to talk and I DO care. She ended up getting really worked up and had an argument with him ("even Rapidfire struggled to defend you" type stuff)
The next day, she got a text from a girl claiming that he had been trying to hook up with her and some other girls as well. She got a few of the chicks to send her screenshots, including pics of his penis. She dumped him that day and kicked him out. Then came to me about it.
Then HE came to me, cursing me out and accusing me of ratting him out even though I had no idea. He refused to believe anything I said and kept accusing me of trying to steal his girl, calling me a liar and whatnot. He even said "f*** you we're not friends". So when his now-ex invited me over to smoke out and help cheer her up, I did just that. When she pulled my pants down and went down on me, I let it happen. I wasn't into her like that but who turns down head? Besides, it seemed to cheer her up and if all I have to do to mend a friend's broken heart is let them blow me, why not? I realized it was a bad idea 15 minutes later when she said "so when do we tell everyone?"
What followed was a year of me dating a girl that I was into intellectually, but not physically or emotionally. She became absolutely obsessed with me to the point where I wasn't able to really enjoy my own life anymore. When she started accusing me of cheating and threatening suicide if I didn't want to have sex, I realized how bad I f***ed up.
My friend eventually admitted that he did her really wrong and that he was thankful that I was there to catch her when she fell. He apologized and we made up. A few months later, I made myself break up with her (like a man: face to face, while we drank beer and cried) because she bowed up at me during an argument. We decided to just be friends but it took a whole other year before she stopped sending me texts like "can you please come hold me" and "I miss your cock" every single day. We don't talk at all now. She lives within walking distance of me and also works next door to my job though, I often worry that she will murder me in revenge. Also, my friend has since moved in with a woman on the other side of the country.
TL;DR, don't hook up with your friend's ex.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Aug 17, 2015 3:48:53 GMT -5
Man I don't get some of the people in here. I hate country music but if they had a country music thread, I wouldn't go into a thread and hate on that music form. I feel that only rap gets that treatment. I really don't understand why. I understand why, it's mostly racism and/or ignorance. Most mainstream rap is terrible these days IMO, but hip hop as a whole is so much more than that. Great hip hop music is way more intellectually satisfying than any other genre of music IMO. No other genre can mix such thought provoking themes with multisyllable rhyme schemes that somehow sound like natural speech. To ignore genius rap artists like, say, Nas or Kendrick Lamar and pretend that it's all Young Thug or Rich Homie Quan is just ignorance. Mainstream rap is the best argument of "rap isn't music" that exists and it's a damn shame. I work with a 17 y/o guy that makes "trap" music. To him, Future is the best emcee alive. He just shot his first video last week and posted it a couple of days ago. I shared it on my facebook page because I always support the local scene, but I caught so much grief from my friends for it. It's a truly wack song, but it's what hip hop is to so many young people today. The worst part isn't that they think that shit is awesome, it's that they think good rappers are wack! I dated a younger black girl for a few months last year and when she got in my car, she would always change my pandora station from like, Schoolboy Q or Kid Cudi to Rich Gang or 2 Chainz. Every single time, while saying things like "this shit is wack, I can't dance to this". A lot of my black friends refer to artists like Hopsin or Tech N9ne as "white people rap". It's becoming cool to embrace ignorant ass music while also rejecting anything with any intellectual value. It's a lot like how the kid that makes a 0 on a test is the coolest kid in middle school while the straight A student gets made fun of. *exhales* I feel better now.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Aug 17, 2015 3:17:19 GMT -5
Going to clubs on Tuesdays, being in love with cocaine, and whatever the f**k "Trap Queen" is supposed to be about. I heard that song like twice and it made perfect sense to me. It's about having a girlfriend that is so hood, she will help you cook the crack that you sell. Keep in mind, I only heard the radio edit and I still understood it. I'm not a fan though, even though the hook is kinda catchy.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Aug 17, 2015 3:11:59 GMT -5
99% of mainstreme hiphop seems to be all bragging about being rich. Who the f*** can relate to that? Never understood how that style got so popular. Well, you see- it's a smart career move. See, if you're rich already, you can relate to it and love how they talk about the real stuff. And if you ain't rich, then you can FANTASIZE what it's like to be rich, and want to listen to this to see what it's like to be rich. Selling a fantasy's part of the rap music too- no different than country sells a fantasy of going out and being a cowboy, or rock music sells a fantasy of going out and being a wild party animal, or blues sells a fantasy of being poor and depressed, or pop music sells a fantasy of not being poor and depressed, or metal sells a fantasy about...well, dragons or whatever. The genre's different, but the fantasy's the same. Yea, I get the fantasy aspect and all but honestly that's exactly what makes it so lame IMO. Seeing my poor ass friends singing along to shit lyrics like "money stacked so high it's like two midgets" was almost soul crushing to me as a hip hop fan. Like, if you're not rich, why in the hell do you want to glorify some rich guy that keeps bragging about it? In real life, if that happened, you would think that guy was a f***ing asshole. I'm not saying fantasy and stories don't belong in rap or that it has to be relatable (like, how many people can REALLY relate to gangsta rap themes?) but to just listen to someone brag about money in their shitty rhymes while you're actually struggling just seems stupid.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Aug 16, 2015 22:26:12 GMT -5
99% of mainstreme hiphop seems to be all bragging about being rich. Who the f*** can relate to that? Never understood how that style got so popular.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Aug 16, 2015 17:54:31 GMT -5
Shouldn't this be considered more dangerous than the curb stomp since that never actually injured anyone that I know of? Seth hasn't been the same to me since they took that away from him. The Curb Stomp was a public image issues,not actual safety Which is even more dumb.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Aug 14, 2015 10:35:23 GMT -5
I don't think Melatonin works like that. Taking 7 isn't more effective than taking 1 IIRC.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Aug 12, 2015 19:54:43 GMT -5
I love that Auston can still switch on Stome Cold mode
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Post by rapidfire187 on Aug 2, 2015 10:25:32 GMT -5
Should have joined the Nation. His gimmicks generally sucked. Yea, Mero and Jaqueline would have worked better than Owen Hart IMO. Owen seemed to only join the Nation to start the Nation/DX feud and he never really benefitted from it. He just got that whiny ass "enough is enough" sound byte for his theme
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Post by rapidfire187 on Aug 1, 2015 18:33:03 GMT -5
I was just thinking about this a minute ago. Hulk has problems with anyone his daughter dates. Besides this guy Stack$ he also had a problem with her fiance who played for the Cowboys and threatened to kick the guys ass. Right. tmz.com/#Article/2014/08/01/hulk-hogan-phil-costa-dallas-cowboys-brooke-engagementHulk Hogan says he HATES his daughter's ex-fiance -- former Dallas Cowboys lineman Phil Costa -- and claims he ALMOST had to kick his ass after a explosive run-in during the engagement. The Hulkster went on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas to talk football -- and after praising the Cowboys, the WWE legend put Costa on blast ... and took credit for ending his engagement to Brooke. "There's no way my daughter's gonna marry somebody that I don't like ... that got me mad ... or that got in my face." Unclear why Hogan and Costa nearly came to blows -- but Hogan says the guy backed down because the 6'3" 303-pounder knew "he'd have gotten slammed just like Andre the Giant." Brooke and Phil broke up back in November -- after dating for several months. I applaud your insight. We need more of this.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Aug 1, 2015 17:11:29 GMT -5
I watched the episode last night and the main thing I came away with is how much healthier Punk looked. He looks like he actually gets some sleep now! Good for him.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Jul 29, 2015 12:08:59 GMT -5
Wait, what was the twitter thing? It was political in nature but it basically came down to black ppeople are allowed to say it and he isn't, boohoohoo poor Hulksy. Oh, wow. He really needs to stop.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Jul 29, 2015 11:58:09 GMT -5
Eeeehhh, still having trouble with the whole privacy issue. We were not meant to hear this. I never needed to know this. I find it difficult to judge him on offensive throwaway comments he made in private which were secretly recorded against his will. What about the very public obviously racist retweet from Sunday? That makes his feelings pretty public by his own volition. Wait, what was the twitter thing?
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